Different skills means a multidisciplinary output.
Illustration
For campaigns, editorials, events, activations, brand collateral, and social media.
Graphic Design
For Editorial products, print, digital, packaging, infographics, social media, and brand collateral.
Branding
Brand identity with verbal identity, collateral, and brand guideline.
I'm always open to discussing new opportunities or collaborations. Drop me a line.
I am Marla Cruz Linares, a Cuban-born Illustrator and graphic designer. You can find me enjoying of nature or trying balance on the yoga mat.
I’m a passionate about the editorial design and the many possibilities that have the illustration in any kind of project, making sure to be as diverse, inclusive and accessible as possible. I like work with a vibrant, colorful, upbeat, and vintage-inspired style infused with positivity.
I use a wide range of visual tools to create narratives and make complexity understandable.
SELECTED SHOWS + AWARDS + PUBLICATIONS
3x3 International Illustration Awards, 2023. Merit Winner - Self Promotion & Packaging CategoryCategory (USA)
Mostra Colletiva- BEDESIGN WEEK, 2023, Genova (IT)
La Cittá di Carta Festival, 2023, Genova (IT)
The Napolitanner Exhibition, 2023 (IT)
Cartoline dalla Toscana, 2023, Firenze (IT)
Annual Awards, Autori de Immagini, 2023. Selection-Collective Exhibition & Book, Bologna (IT)
Aveiro Jovem Criador, 2023. Menção Honrosa. Collective Exhibition (PT)
iJUNGLE Illustration Awards, 2022. Merit Award (CHI)
Babalungas i Kamalongos, 2022. International Exhibition, Valencia (ES)
14 Encontro Bienal de Ilustração São João de Madeira, 2022. Finalist-Collective Exhibition, Porto (PT)
Latinoamérica vive en mí. Las mejores ilustraciones latinoamericanas, 2021 | Book No.15, Buenos Aires (ARG)
3rd Ilustrofest, 2021. Venizelosova (BEG)
3x3 Magazine Nº18, 2021 (USA)
9ª BID Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño, 2020. Collective Exhibition, Madrid (ES)
La Memoria Diseñada, 2017. Tribute Posters Show, Havana (CUB)
¡Guernica de Picasso, 80 años!, 2017. Tribute Posters Show, Havana (CUB)
25 Sabrosos Carteles Iberoamericanos. BID-Gráfica 2017. Festival Madrid Gráfica. Collective Exhibition, Madrid (ES)
5ª BID Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño, 2016. Collective Exhibition, Madrid (ES)
1ª Bienal de Diseño de La Habana, 2016. Collective Exhibition, Havana (CUB)